Example sentences of "he had been [v-ing] with [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Molotov concluded the parallel negotiations which he had been conducting with German representatives and thus secured two years grace while partitioning Poland with Nazi Germany .
2 He had been experimenting with dental floss , which was multi-stranded but then broke when rubbed against rocks or weeds .
3 He had been dealing with human nature all his life ; he should have been able to recognise the symptoms before now .
4 She knew he was waiting for her to agree , and it was desperation , pure and simple , she thought , that made her remember the elegant blonde he had been dining with that particular night .
5 He had said he had been fighting with another man .
6 Despite all his dissembling about any new industry alliances over the past few months , Carlo de Benedetti told Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA 's annual meeting that he had been negotiating with Digital Equipment Corp , and revealed details of the alliance .
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